The Oddment

These are items that do not qualify as road trips - not even day trips. Some have been linked to from somewhere on the site while others have been pointed to only by links in email to specific groups or individuals. Occasionally I've thought of somehow "normalizing" them but it never got beyond being a thought until I came upon the word "oddment". From Merriam-Webster online:

Main Entry: odd·ment
Pronunciation: 'äd-m&nt
Function: noun
1 a : something left over : REMNANT b plural : ODDS AND ENDS
2 : something odd : ODDITY

Definition #1 fit perfectly and I'm sure some will think that #2 is also on the mark. Combine that with the fact that it sort of rhymes with "recent" & "decent" and I had the key for pulling together these links:

Name Date Description
PCHS Herb Faire 4-May-2008 Parsley, sage, road markers, and thyme.
Joe Nuxhall Heading Home 16-Nov-2007 Oh man! What memories.
World's Largest Ball of Paint 27-Oct-2007 Painting the Big Ball.
Greenville Tractor Parade 20-Oct-2007 Big wheels come to town.
Summer of Love Reunion 18-Aug-2007 Cincinnati 1967 flash back.
Dell-Winston Solar Car Challenge 20-Jul-2007 Solar cars at Wilmington, OH.
Creation Museum 3-Jun-2007 The Creation Museum one week after opening.
Tall Stacks 8-Oct-2006 Cincinnati's riverboat celebration.
WACO Fly-In 26-Aug-2006 Historic WACO airplanes gather in Troy, OH.
Woodward Dream Cruise 19-Aug-2006 Detroit's Woodward Avenue Dream Cruise.
Family Fun at Eldora 12-Aug-2006 The 2006 Family Fun Day at Eldora Speedway.
Pennsyvania House Preview 24-Jun-2006 Work in progress at the Pennsylvania House in Springfield, OH.
TCT in Springfield 7-Jun-2006 Tin Can Tourists stop in Springfield, OH, during their caravan over the National Road.
A tad more 20-May-2006 Englewood Park's National Road connection.
Tadmor 13-May-2006 The remnants of a former "Crossroads of America".
Airwaves Kite Fest 2-Apr-2006 Bunches of kites at the Voice of America Park.
GuitarTown Project 26-Nov-2005 Some of the decorated guitar sculptures displayed in Nashville, TN.
Andy D-Day's Neighborhood 6-Nov-2005 A couple of former roadside attractions almost hidden in a Brookville, OH, museum.
Adena 30-Jul-2005 A visit to Adena mansion near Chillicothe, OH.
Cross-Tipped Churches 23-Jul-2005 A drive along Ohio's Land of the Cross-Tipped Churches Byway.
A Downs Day 10-Jul-2005 A day at Churchill Downs in Louisville, KY.
Ashville Traffic Light 2-Jul-2005 The world's oldest working automatic traffic light in Ashville, OH.
Shellee Graham in Springfield 7-May-2005 An exhibit of Shellee Graham's "Return to 66" photographs in Springfield, OH.
American Sign Museum Opening 28-Apr-2005 The grand opening of the American Sign Museum in Cincinnati, OH.
Oregonia Hill Climb 10-Oct-2004 The 2004 motorcycle hillclimb at Oregonia, OH.

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